[KS] North Korea’s Economy and Politics between Opening and Isolation

[Bernhard Seliger]

North Korea’s Economy and Politics between Opening and
Isolation

 

Date: May 28 (Th), 2009 

Venue: Marronnier Room, Hoam Convention, Seoul National
 University 

 

Organized
by Institute of Peace
and Unification Studies (IPUS), Seoul
 National University

Hanns Seidel Foundation Korea (HSS)

Korean American Economic Association
(KAEA)

 

Hosted
by Institute of Peace
and Unification Studies (IPUS), Seoul
 National University

Hanns Seidel Foundation Korea (HSS)

 

Language
English Only

 

It is our pleasure to invite
you to a joint international conference co-hosted by the Institute for Peace
and Unification Studies at Seoul National University (IPUS) and Hanns Seidel
Foundation (HSS), with partnership of Korean American Economic
Association(KAEA). This event, entitled “North Korea’s Economy and Politics
between

Opening and Isolation,” aims at
being an opportunity to discuss the economic perspectives of North Korea and
the assessment of current status of North Korean society

and politics. We hope this
conference would encourage the vigorous academic debate about the future of
Korean peninsular which is in serious trouble more than ever.

 

Sincerely,

 

May
2009

 

Park
Myoung-Kyu, Director, IPUS

 

Bernhard
Seliger, Resident Representative, HSS

 

09.00-09.30 Registration

 

09.30-10.00 Opening ceremony

 

Opening remarks of Park Myoung-Kyu
(Director of IPUS)

Bernhard Seliger (Resident
Representative, HSS)

 

Congratulatory remark Kim Shin-bok
(Vice President of SNU)

Norbert Baas (German Ambassador)

 

10.00-10.10 Coffee break

10.10 -12 .10 First Session : The
Current Economic Crisis and Perspectives

for Economic Reform in North Korea

 

Moderator : Lee Seung Hoon (SNU)

 

Yang Un-Chul (Sejong Institute),
Reform without Transition :

Economic Situation in North Korea
after July 1st Economic Measures

Park Kang-H. (Southeast Missouri
State Univ.), North Korea’s
Trade and FDI : Does North Korea Follow Vietnam’s Path?

Lim Eul-Chul (Institute for Far
Eastern Studies), Kaesong
Industrial Complex : Implications, Assessment, and Challenges

 

Discussants : Lee Seok (KDI), Kim
Byung-Yeon (SNU), Daniel Schwekendiek

(IPUS)

 

12.10 - 13.40 Lunch break

 

13.40-15.40 Second Session :
Political and Historical Perspectives

on North Korea’s Development

 

Moderator : Lee Su-Hoon (Univ. of
North Korean Studies)

 

Kim Mikyoung (Hiroshima City Univ.),
The Social Construction of North Korean Women’s Identity : Victimization, Romanticization,
and Vilification in South
  Korea

Chang Seemon (Univ.
 of South Alabama), Likely Impact
of the U.S. Economic Crisis
on Negotiations with North
  Korea

Kim Suk-Hi (Univ. of Detroit Mercy), The Northeast Asian Energy Situation
and the North Korean Factor

 

Discussants : Lee Taeho (SNU), Kim
Byung-Ro (IPUS), Emma Campbell (ANU)

 

15.40-15.55 Coffee break

 

15.55-17.15 Roundtable, Moderator :
Bernhard Seliger (HSS)

 

17.15-17.30 Closing session

 

Closing remarks : Kim Suk-Hi (Univ. of Detroit Mercy)



Dr. Bernhard SeligerHanns Seidel Stiftung - Seoul OfficeRoom 501, Soo Young Bldg., 64-1, Hannam 1 Dong, Yongsan-guSeoul, Republic of KoreaTel.+ 82 2 790 5344Fax. + 82 2 790 5346


      
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